Package for photographic mounts



July 10, 1928.

H. L. BATTY PACKAGE FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC MOUNTS Filed March 29, 1926 2Sheets-Sheet l July 10, 1928. 1,676,238

H. L. BATTY PACKAGE FOR PHOTOGRAPHIG MOUNTS Filed March 29, 19 26 2sheets-sheet 2 INVENTOR,

WXJW BY W f ATTORNEYS.

Harold Lewis .Baifi;

. ide s uch a package capable of taking cards Patented July re, 1 28.

I UNITED STATES.

HAROLD LEWIS BATTY, OF IFES'J. CRO YDON,

ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR r EASTMAN KODAK GOM PANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEWfYOBK, ACORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

PACKAGE ron rnoroenarrirc mums] Application filed March 29, 1926, SerialNo. 98,328, and in Great Britain January 12, 192 6;

carriage of a photograph or other paper or card. The object of theinvention is to pmof ordinar construction havin theclosing tabs 2, a havy folded sheet 3 o paste board, corrugated box board or any otherstiflenmg and strengthening material and fitting or to carry in stock avery lar e variety of 30 protruding beyond its edges are turned over 50the filler sheet'wit-h a mount carried on'each snugly within theenvelope and a filler sheet 60 4.- fitting snugly within the envelopeand stiffening sheet and carrying the mount, card" or photograph 5.

In\a simple form' this sheet 4 has two cuts 5 or mounts of differentsizes. Photograph mounts are made and stocked in a very great varietyofsizes and frequently individual customers or photographers demand or useodd sizes; In transmitting photographs, particularly individual ictures,by mail, it is, of course desirable t at they shall fit within thecontainer and not slip around. It is necessary therefore, either. towrap up the photographs individually therebetween tabs 7. A card 5 ofsmaller dimensions than the sheet 4 is placed fl'at upon the card andthe portions of the tabs extending beyond it are bent back over thecard. In Fig. 2 the card and thebent over 70 portions of the tab areindicated in dotted ers for the various sizes and even then to lines.The filler .and mount are then to wrap up separately odd sized mounts.gether placed within the folded heavy sheet I have overcome thisdifiiculty by provid- 3 and this assemblage placed within the ening anoutfit capable of taking cards orwvelope 1. 1 75 mounts of anydimensions within certain The edges and corners. of the mount arelimits, by providing a sheet of stiff paper, well within the edgesof'thef package and flexible cardboard, or other suitable material,securely protected. The pressure of the enthe outer dimensions of whichare such as velope and protective sheet hold the tabs to fit snuglywithin a standard container, bent down upon the card which thus can notand having tabs or flaps, preferabl inteshp or slide within theenvelope. gral therewith, -and adapted to be fol ed. A In Fig. 3, thetabs have beveled corners 7 mount of any size smaller than the filler isthus the more readily permitting the use of placed thereon 'and'theportions of the tabs the filler with small cards, over which the tabswould otherwise overlap. Y

In Fig. 4 is shown a form of filler sheet 10 having single tabs 11formed at its ends, twotabs 12 formed'on each'side and two tabs 13formed from its central part, thus permitting the placing of two mounts5, which may be of different sizes, onthe same side of the sheet.

Another embodiment is shown in Fig. 5,

standard sizes of stiffened ma1 mg containthe edges, thus centering themount with its edges well within the edges of the filler sheet. When theassembled filler sheet and mount are placed within an envelope of thesize of the filler sheet, the mount will be secure:

ly held without slipping.

Reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings wherein the samereferv enee characters designate the same parts wherein the sheet 20 hastwo tabs 21 struck throughout and inswhieh fromeach of its four edges..One tab from Fig. 1 is a perspective view. of the several each edge maybe bent over a card 5 carried parts of a package separated. on onesurface while, as is evident, the re- Fig. 2 shows the filler sheetonly. maini'ng tabs may be bent back over the op-. Fig. 3 shows amodified filler sheet with a posite surface. Such. form is shown in an 1mount in la e, r assembled package in Fig. 6. 100

Fig. 4 shows another embodimentof the 'filler sheet with two mountscarried on the by the manufacturer with the filler flat and in thiscondition constitute articles of sale, adapted to be used byphotographers andv sellers of pictures and art goods, as well asbyindividual users. Dealers, as for in-- stance in tourist resorts, willhave for sale photographs and other pictures already prepared formailing in this package, which in this condition also constitutearticles of sale.

same side thereof.

Fig. 5 showsstill another embodiment of side. 1

Fig. 6 is a section of a package including a filler sheet of the typeshown in Fig. 5.

The package preferably consists of three parts, an outer envelope 1- ofstout paper and 6 made into it from each edge, forming These packageswilljbe made up and sold g ventiomall such modifications and equivalentsas fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is: r

1. As an article of manufacture, a stiff, rectangular fiat container, asheet separate from said container and fitting snugly with-- in saidcontainer and having tabs adapted to be bent over the central part ofthe sheet to hold a card in position thereon.

2. As an article of manufacture, a stifiened, rectangular container, asheet separate from said container and fitting snugly 3. As an articleof manufacture, a stifiened, rectangular envelope and a sheet separatefrom said envelope and fittin snugly within said envelope and havingslits cut in each of its edges whereby tabs are formed, adapted to bebent over a card tohold the same in position thereon; a

4. As an. article of manufacture, a stillened, rectangular envelope, asheet separate from said envelope and fitting snugly within saidenvelope and havingtabs cut from its edges, anda card of smallerdimensions thansaid sheet positioned centrally thereof, the said'cardand holding tabs being bent over it in position.

Signed at London, England, this of March 1926.

HAROLD LEWIS BATTY.

